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Cubillos de Sil – Compostilla loop from aparcamiento

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Cubillos de Sil – Compostilla loop from aparcamiento

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Cubillos de Sil – Compostilla loop from aparcamiento

02:49

32.5km

730m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 13, 2026

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Start point

Parking

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6.14 km

View of the Bárcena Reservoir and the Compostilla II power plant

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Road next to the reservoir that also borders the Compostilla II Thermal Power Plant. This plant was fueled by coal and was cooled by the water from the reservoir. It …

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Cubillos de Sil

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Cubillos is a town halfway between urban and rural, with extensive irrigated crops fed by the Bárcena reservoir, but with a marked presence of the Compostilla II Thermal Power Plant, in operation from 1972 to June 2020.

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27.7 km

Compostilla

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32.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.4 km

10.3 km

3.89 km

2.36 km

565 m

Surfaces

12.7 km

11.9 km

7.08 km

894 m

Elevation

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Highest point (870 m)

Lowest point (520 m)

Weather

Thursday 25 June

30°C

15°C

64 %

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Cubillos de Sil – Compostilla loop from aparcamiento

View of the Bárcena Reservoir and the Compostilla II power plant

Cubillos de Sil

Compostilla

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